Associating Video Cameras with Objects from Graphics

Scenario

You want a graphic that displays a video or monitoring device, as well as its coverage area; that is, the area that is monitored by that device.

There are two methods for doing this:

• If you are a system engineer or have the job of creating this graphic in a project, you may already have an existing video camera symbol. In this case, you must create the coverage area that graphically represents the area and the objects it monitors and is linked to.
• You are a project librarian, or you simply do not have an existing video camera symbol, and must create a new symbol for your camera or monitoring device. After importing your device image, the workflow below explains drawing the coverage area for the device and then associating it with the object model definition.

For background information about this feature, see Coverage Area.

For symbol substitutions and property evaluations information, see:

• Symbol Property Substitution
• Evaluation Expressions and Properties

Prerequisites

• System Manager is in Operating mode.
• You have a project graphic open in the Graphics Editor.
• You have an understanding of how substitutions work with symbols and Property Evaluations.

Overview